Maps, views and diagrams of military reviews and encampments
CS Berggold (active 1753)
Übigau
Übigau
TAG / DES / GEFECHTS c.1753
Etching; printed on paper; hand-coloured | Scale: 1:11,400 approx. | RCIN 731048.e
CS Berggold (active 1753)
Master: Ubigau, 1753 (Ubigau, Saxony, Germany) 51?04'18"N 13?41'25"E Item: Plan of Ubigau (Ubigau, Saxony, Germany) 51?04'18"N 13?41'25"E c.1753
With flap 1 raised
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A map of exercises, with eight flaps showing different troop positions.
One of a set of seven plans of the manoeuvres carried out by the Polish and Saxon army at Übigau in June 1753. These manoeuvres were carried out in the presence of Maria Josepha of Austria (1699-1757), wife of Augustus III of Poland (1696-1763; who was also, as Frederick Augustus II, Elector of Saxony from 1733 to 1763) and the royal family. See also RCINs 731048.a-d, f-g.
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CS Berggold (active 1753) (engraver)
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Watermark: Countermark: IV
Condition: flat, no fold lines
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Scale: 1:11,400 approx. Scala von 80 Ruthen oder 400. Schritten [28 mm =].
30.0 x 43.0 cm (image)
31.4 x 44.4 cm (platemark)
33.1 x 46.1 cm (sheet)
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Printed title:
TAG / DES / GEFECHTS. [top right, in trompe l'oeil scroll]
Annotations:
None
George III catalogue entry:
Order of Battle An Order of Battle and six Plans of the different Exercises and Military Movements executed by the Army of the King of Poland at Ubigau near Dresden in June 1753: by Lieut. Berggold Ing.r [The same entry appears under the heading Ubigau.]
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Probably from the collection of military and naval maps and prints formed by Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1721-65), third son of George II; subsequently acquired by George III (1738-1820)
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Subject(s)
Übigau, Saxony, Germany (51°04'18"N 13°41'25"E)
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